New Millennium Games' NOW! 1-19-2014 Week in Review

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New Millennium Games' NOW! 1-19-2014 Week in Review View this email in your browser New Millennium Games Where Mobile, Social, Interactive, Online, Cloud and Land-Based Gaming Converge $5.5 million fine keeps CG alive NJ predicts Internet gambling will pick up in '14 U.S.: Draft legislation aimed at prohibiting internet gambling California's Schuetz Sees "A Tough Sell" For Online Poker Compacts 2 Facts That Spell Doom For Adelson's Internet Gambling Control Act $2 Million Guarantee Event at Borgata Under Investigation for Counterfeit Chips Read more...  Share       $5.5 million fine keeps CG alive There is a reason officials from CG Technology (formerly Cantor Gaming) said they were “glad to have reached a resolution” with Nevada gaming regulators and will pay the largest fine ever leveled against a casino or affiliated company. Read more...  www.reviewjournal.com    Share       NJ predicts Internet gambling will pick up in '14 Internet gambling is off to a slow start in New Jersey, but nearly everyone involved or interested in it expects online betting to gain steam in 2014. Read more...  www.sacbee.com    Share       U.S.: Draft legislation aimed at prohibiting internet gambling Over the weekend, a draft of the “Internet Gambling Control Act” surfaced on the internet. This proposed legislation, attributed by industry websites to the Coalition to Stop Internet Gambling, seeks to expand the scope of The Wire Act (18 USC § 1084) to affirmatively prohibit Internet gambling. Speculation is that Mr. Sheldon Adelson, the international casino magnate and Chairman / CEO of Las Vegas Sands, is backing the Coalition. Read more...  www.jdsupra.com    Share       California's Schuetz Sees "A Tough Sell" For Online Poker Compacts In a previous article covering the winter meeting of the National Council of Legislators from Gaming States (NCLGS), we focused on the summit’s keynote speaker, AGA President Geoff Freeman. Read more...  www.onlinepokerreport.com    Share       2 Facts That Spell Doom For Adelson's Internet Gambling Control Act After their stunning rebuke by Representatives Joe Barton (R-TX) and Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) during a congressional hearing on online gambling back in December, Sheldon Adelson’s Coalition to Stop Internet Gambling has apparently made a strategic adjustment and moved “underground.” Read more...  www.onlinepokerreport.com    Share       $2 Million Guarantee Event at Borgata Under Investigation for Counterfeit Chips On Friday, tournament officials suspended the Borgata Winter Open $2 Million Guarantee for 24 hours due to the tournament being "compromised." Read more...  www.pokernews.com    Share       Executive Director of Gaming Commission Says iGaming Unlikely in Mississippi for 2014 The Executive Director of the Mississippi Gaming Commission, Allen Godfrey, penned a “Gaming Industry Forecast” for Casino Enterprise Management. In it he talks about the recessions, increased regional competition, and of course Internet gaming. Unfortunately for those in the state, Godfrey isn’t optimistic for iGaming’s chances. Read more...  www.pokernews.com    Share       Copyright © 2014 NMG, All rights reserved.